dye vs azo dye

dye and azo dye both are nouns.

dye is a verb but azo dye is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dye	Yes	No	Yes	No
azo dye	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, azo dye is a hyponym of dye; that is, azo dye is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dye:

dye: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
azo dye: any dye containing one or more azo groups

Other hyponyms of dye include acid dye, alizarin yellow, anil, indigo, indigotin, aniline dye, basic color, basic colour, basic dye, blue, blueing, bluing, bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein, bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue, cochineal, cyanine dye, direct dye, substantive dye, fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein, fluorochrome, hair coloring, hair dye, tint, Kendal, Kendal green, lac dye, lead acetate, sugar of lead, archil, cudbear, orchil, quercitron, radiopaque dye, saffranine, safranin, safranine, Tyrian purple, vat color, vat dye, woad.

dye (noun)	azo dye (noun)
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair	any dye containing one or more azo groups

dye (verb)	azo dye (verb)
color with dye
color for microscopic study

Difference between dye and azo dye

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